Bible verses about "denial" | WNT

¹ Seeing the multitude of people, Jesus went up the Hill. There He seated Himself, and when His disciples came to Him, ² He proceeded to teach them, and said: ³ "Blessed are the poor in spirit, for to them belongs the Kingdom of the Heavens. ⁴ "Blessed are the mourners, for they shall be comforted. ⁵ "Blessed are the meek, for they as heirs shall obtain possession of the earth. ⁶ "Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they shall be completely satisfied. ⁷ "Blessed are the compassionate, for they shall receive compassion. ⁸ "Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God. ⁹ "Blessed are the peacemakers, for it is they who will be recognized as sons of God. ¹⁰ "Blessed are those who have borne persecution in the cause of Righteousness, for to them belongs the Kingdom of the Heavens. ¹¹ "Blessed are you when they have insulted and persecuted you, and have said every cruel thing about you falsely for my sake. ¹² Be joyful and triumphant, because your reward is great in the Heavens; for so were the Prophets before you persecuted. ¹³ "*You* are the salt of the earth; but if salt has become tasteless, in what way can it regain its saltness? It is no longer good for anything but to be thrown away and trodden on by the passers by. ¹⁴ *You* are the light of the world; a town cannot be hid if built on a hill-top. ¹⁵ Nor is a lamp lighted to be put under a bushel, but on the lampstand; and then it gives light to all in the house. ¹⁶ Just so let your light shine before all men, in order that they may see your holy lives and may give glory to your Father who is in Heaven. ¹⁷ "Do not for a moment suppose that I have come to abrogate the Law or the Prophets: I have not come to abrogate them but to give them their completion. ¹⁸ Solemnly I tell you that until Heaven and earth pass away, not one iota or smallest detail will pass away from the Law until all has taken place. ¹⁹ Whoever therefore breaks one of these least commandments and teaches others to break them, will be called the least in the Kingdom of the Heavens; but whoever practises them and teaches them, he will be acknowledged as great in the Kingdom of the Heavens. ²⁰ For I assure you that unless your righteousness greatly surpasses that of the Scribes and the Pharisees, you will certainly not find entrance into the Kingdom of the Heavens. ²¹ "You have heard that it was said to the ancients, 'THOU SHALT NOT COMMIT MURDER', and whoever commits murder will be answerable to the magistrate. ²² But I say to you that every one who becomes angry with his brother shall be answerable to the magistrate; that whoever says to his brother 'Raca,' shall be answerable to the Sanhedrin; and that whoever says, 'You fool!' shall be liable to the Gehenna of Fire. ²³ If therefore when you are offering your gift upon the altar, you remember that your brother has a grievance against you, ²⁴ leave your gift there before the altar, and go and make friends with your brother first, and then return and proceed to offer your gift. ²⁵ Come to terms without delay with your opponent while you are yet with him on the way to the court; for fear he should obtain judgement from the magistrate against you, and the magistrate should give you in custody to the officer and you be thrown into prison. ²⁶ I solemnly tell you that you will certainly not be released till you have paid the very last farthing. ²⁷ "You have heard that it was said, 'THOU SHALT NOT COMMIT ADULTERY.' ²⁸ But I tell you that whoever looks at a woman and cherishes lustful thoughts has already in his heart become guilty with regard to her. ²⁹ If therefore your eye, even the right eye, is a snare to you, tear it out and away with it; it is better for you that one member should be destroyed rather than that your whole body should be thrown into Gehenna. ³⁰ And if your right hand is a snare to you, cut it off and away with it; it is better for you that one member should be destroyed rather than that your whole body should go into Gehenna. ³¹ "It was also said, 'IF ANY MAN PUTS AWAY HIS WIFE, LET HIM GIVE HER A WRITTEN NOTICE OF DIVORCE.' ³² But I tell you that every man who puts away his wife except on the ground of unfaithfulness causes her to commit adultery, and whoever marries her when so divorced commits adultery. ³³ "Again, you have heard that it was said to the ancients, 'THOU SHALT NOT SWEAR FALSELY, BUT SHALT PERFORM THY VOWS TO THE LORD.' ³⁴ But I tell you not to swear at all; neither by Heaven, for it is God's throne; ³⁵ nor by the earth, for it is the footstool under His feet; nor by Jerusalem, for it is the City of the Great King. ³⁶ And do not swear by your head, for you cannot make one hair white or black. ³⁷ But let your language be, 'Yes, yes,' or 'No, no.' Anything in excess of this comes from the Evil one. ³⁸ "You have heard that it was said, 'EYE FOR EYE, TOOTH FOR TOOTH.' ³⁹ But I tell you not to resist a wicked man, but if any one strikes you on the right cheek, turn the other to him as well. ⁴⁰ If any one wishes to go to law with you and to deprive you of your under garment, let him take your outer one also. ⁴¹ And whoever shall compel you to convey his goods one mile, go with him two. ⁴² To him who asks, give: from him who would borrow, turn not away. ⁴³ "You have heard that it was said, 'THOU SHALT LOVE THY NEIGHBOUR and hate thine enemy.' ⁴⁴ But I command you all, love your enemies, and pray for your persecutors; ⁴⁵ that so you may become true sons of your Father in Heaven; for He causes His sun to rise on the wicked as well as the good, and sends rain upon those who do right and those who do wrong. ⁴⁶ For if you love only those who love you, what reward have you earned? Do not even the tax-gatherers do that? ⁴⁷ And if you salute only your near relatives, what praise is due to you? Do not even the Gentiles do the same? ⁴⁸ You however are to be complete in goodness, as your Heavenly Father is complete.

¹ At that time Jesus was led up by the Spirit into the Desert in order to be tempted by the Devil. ² There He fasted for forty days and nights; and after that He suffered from hunger. ³ So the Tempter came and said, "If you are the Son of God, command these stones to turn into loaves." ⁴ "It is written," replied Jesus, "'IT IS NOT ON BREAD ALONE THAT A MAN SHALL LIVE, BUT ON WHATSOEVER GOD SHALL APPOINT.'" ⁵ Then the Devil took Him to the Holy City and caused Him to stand on the roof of the Temple, ⁶ and said, "If you are God's Son, throw yourself down; for it is written, "'TO HIS ANGELS HE WILL GIVE ORDERS CONCERNING THEE, AND ON THEIR HANDS THEY SHALL BEAR THEE UP, LEST AT ANY MOMENT THOU SHOULDST STRIKE THY FOOT AGAINST A STONE.'" ⁷ "Again it is written," replied Jesus, "'THOU SHALT NOT PUT THE LORD THY GOD TO THE PROOF.'" ⁸ Then the Devil took Him to the top of an exceedingly lofty mountain, from which he caused Him to see all the Kingdoms of the world and their splendour, ⁹ and said to Him, "All this I will give you, if you will kneel down and do me homage." ¹⁰ "Begone, Satan!" Jesus replied; "for it is written, 'TO THE LORD THY GOD THOU SHALT DO HOMAGE, AND TO HIM ALONE SHALT THOU RENDER WORSHIP.'" ¹¹ Thereupon the Devil left Him, and angels at once came and ministered to Him. ¹² Now when Jesus heard that John was thrown into prison, He withdrew into Galilee, ¹³ and leaving Nazareth He went and settled at Capernaum, a town by the Lake on the frontiers of Zebulun and Naphtali, ¹⁴ in order that these words, spoken through the Prophet Isaiah, might be fulfilled, ¹⁵ "ZEBULUN'S LAND AND NAPHTALI'S LAND; THE ROAD BY THE LAKE; THE COUNTRY BEYOND THE JORDAN; GALILEE OF THE NATIONS! ¹⁶ THE PEOPLE WHO WERE DWELLING IN DARKNESS HAVE SEEN A BRILLIANT LIGHT; AND ON THOSE WHO WERE DWELLING IN THE REGION OF THE SHADOW OF DEATH, ON THEM LIGHT HAS DAWNED." ¹⁷ From that time Jesus began to preach. "Repent," He said, "for the Kingdom of the Heavens is now close at hand." ¹⁸ And walking along the shore of the Lake of Galilee He saw two brothers--Simon called Peter and his brother Andrew--throwing a drag-net into the Lake; for they were fishers. ¹⁹ And He said to them, "Come and follow me, and I will make you fishers of men." ²⁰ So they immediately left their nets and followed Him. As He went further on, ²¹ He saw two other brothers, James the son of Zabdi and his brother John, in the boat with their father Zabdi mending their nets; and He called them. ²² And they at once left the boat and their father, and followed Him. ²³ Then Jesus travelled through all Galilee, teaching in their synagogues and proclaiming the Good News of the Kingdom, and curing every kind of disease and infirmity among the people. ²⁴ Thus His fame spread through all Syria; and they brought all the sick to Him, the people who were suffering from various diseases and pains--demoniacs, epileptics, paralytics; and He cured them. ²⁵ And great crowds followed Him, coming from Galilee, from the Ten Towns, from Jerusalem, and from beyond the district on the other side of the Jordan.

³⁸ "You have heard that it was said, 'EYE FOR EYE, TOOTH FOR TOOTH.' ³⁹ But I tell you not to resist a wicked man, but if any one strikes you on the right cheek, turn the other to him as well.

¹ After offering this prayer Jesus went out with His disciples to a place on the further side of the Ravine of the Cedars, where there was a garden which He entered--Himself and His disciples. ² Now Judas also, who at that very time was betraying Him, knew the place, for Jesus had often resorted there with His disciples. ³ So Judas, followed by the battalion and by a detachment of the Temple police sent by the High Priests and Pharisees, came there with torches and lamps and weapons. ⁴ Jesus therefore, knowing all that was about to befall Him, went out to meet them. "Who are you looking for?" He asked them. ⁵ "For Jesus the Nazarene," was the answer. "I am he," He replied. (Now Judas who was betraying Him was also standing with them.) ⁶ As soon then as He said to them, "I am he," they went backwards and fell to the ground. ⁷ Again therefore He asked them, "Who are you looking for?" "For Jesus the Nazarene," they said. ⁸ "I have told you," replied Jesus, "that I am he. If therefore you are looking for me, let these my disciples go their way." ⁹ He made this request in order that the words He had spoken might be fulfilled, "As for those whom Thou hast given me, I have not lost one." ¹⁰ Simon Peter, however, having a sword, drew it, and, aiming at the High Priest's servant, cut off his right ear. The servant's name was Malchus. ¹¹ Jesus therefore said to Peter, "Put back your sword. Shall I refuse to drink the cup of sorrow which the Father has given me to drink?" ¹² So the battalion and their tribune and the Jewish police closed in, and took Jesus and bound Him. ¹³ They then brought Him to Annas first; for Annas was the father-in-law of Caiaphas who was High Priest that year. ¹⁴ (It was this Caiaphas who had advised the Jews, saying, "It is to your interest that one man should die for the People.") ¹⁵ Meanwhile Simon Peter was following Jesus, and so also was another disciple. The latter was known to the High Priest, and went in with Jesus into the court of the High Priest's palace. ¹⁶ But Peter remained standing outside the door, till the disciple who was acquainted with the High Priest came out and induced the portress to let Peter in. ¹⁷ This led the girl, the portress, to ask Peter, "Are you also one of this man's disciples?" "No, I am not," he replied. ¹⁸ Now because it was cold the servants and the police had lighted a charcoal fire, and were standing and warming themselves; and Peter too remained with them, standing and warming himself. ¹⁹ So the High Priest questioned Jesus about His disciples and His teaching. ²⁰ "As for me," replied Jesus, "I have spoken openly to the world. I have continually taught in some synagogue or in the Temple where all the Jews are wont to assemble, and I have said nothing in secret. ²¹ Why do you question me? Question those who heard what it was I said to them: these witnesses here know what I said." ²² Upon His saying this, one of the officers standing by struck Him with his open hand, asking Him as he did so, "Is that the way you answer the High Priest?" ²³ "If I have spoken wrongly," replied Jesus, "bear witness to it as wrong; but if rightly, why that blow?" ²⁴ So Annas sent Him bound to Caiaphas the High Priest. ²⁵ But Simon Peter remained standing and warming himself, and this led to their asking him, "Are you also one of his disciples?" He denied it, and said, "No, I am not." ²⁶ One of the High Priest's servants, a relative of the man whose ear Peter had cut off, said, "Did I not see you in the garden with him?" ²⁷ Once more Peter denied it, and immediately a cock crowed. ²⁸ So they brought Jesus from Caiaphas's house to the Praetorium. It was the early morning, and they would not enter the Praetorium themselves for fear of defilement, and in order that they might be able to eat the Passover. ²⁹ Accordingly Pilate came out to them and inquired, "What accusation have you to bring against this man?" ³⁰ "If the man were not a criminal," they replied, "we would not have handed him over to you." ³¹ "Take him yourselves," said Pilate, "and judge him by your Law." "We have no power," replied the Jews, "to put any man to death." ³² They said this that the words might be fulfilled in which Jesus predicted the kind of death He was to die. ³³ Re-entering the Praetorium, therefore, Pilate called Jesus and asked Him, "Are *you* the King of the Jews?" ³⁴ "Do you say this of yourself, or have others told it you about me?" replied Jesus. ³⁵ "Am I a Jew?" exclaimed Pilate; "it is your own nation and the High Priests who have handed you over to me. What have you done?" ³⁶ "My kingdom," replied Jesus, "does not belong to this world. If my kingdom did belong to this world, my subjects would have resolutely fought to save me from being delivered up to the Jews. But, as a matter of fact, my kingdom has not this origin." ³⁷ "So then *you* are a king!" rejoined Pilate. "Yes," said Jesus, "you say truly that I am a king. For this purpose I was born, and for this purpose I have come into the world--to give testimony for the truth. Every one who is a friend of the truth listens to my voice." ³⁸ "What is truth?" said Pilate. But no sooner had he spoken the words than he went out again to the Jews and told them, "I find no crime in him. ³⁹ But you have a custom that I should release one prisoner to you at the Passover. So shall I release to you the King of the Jews?" ⁴⁰ With a roar of voices they again cried out, saying, "Not this man, but Barabbas!" Now Barabbas was a robber.

¹⁶ Every Scripture is inspired by God and is useful for teaching, for convincing, for correction of error, and for instruction in right doing; ¹⁷ so that the man of God may himself be complete and may be perfectly equipped for every good work.

¹⁵ "If you love me, you will obey my commandments.

²³ And He said to all, "If any one is desirous of following me, let him ignore self and take up his cross day by day, and so be my follower.

²⁷ "'THOU SHALT LOVE THE LORD THY GOD,'" he replied, "'WITH THY WHOLE HEART, THY WHOLE SOUL, THY WHOLE STRENGTH, AND THY WHOLE MIND; AND THY FELLOW MAN AS MUCH AS THYSELF.'"

²⁶ But the Advocate, the Holy Spirit whom the Father will send at my request, will teach you everything, and will bring to your memories all that I have said to you.

⁴ For he is God's servant for your benefit. But if you do what is wrong, be afraid. He does not wear the sword to no purpose: he is God's servant--an administrator to inflict punishment upon evil-doers.

⁸ But if a man makes no provision for those dependent on him, and especially for his own family, he has disowned the faith and is behaving worse than an unbeliever.